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Back in September animation studio Xebec announced that TV anime series Haiyore! Nyaruko-san (這いよれ! ニャル子さん) would be getting a second season sometime in 2013. Since then, we haven’t heard any new details about the romance comedy anime’s sequel – w...

Earlier in Spring this year Good Smile Company and Sega gave us a Sakura Miku 2012 Nendoroid and Project Diva Arcade module to usher in the season of beginnings. Now that 2012 is drawing to a close, the two companies have once again teamed up to b...

Last Saturday, December 15th, is the opening of “One Piece Film Z”. And during its first day, it manages to sold at least 600,000 tickets, earning 750 million yen (about US$9 million)! The film is expected to sell 1 million tickets throughout the ...

Here's the full stream of Kamen Rider Wizard Episode 15: “After The Last Scene”. Wizard Water Dragon, and its special ability, will finally make its debut in this episode. Haruto must stop Lizardman from bringing Chizuru into the depths of despair...

One Piece Film Z, the 11th feature film based on the manga series by Eiichiro Oda, earned record-breaking 750 million yen (about US$9 million) at the box office and drew 600,000 audiences from 300 screens in Japan on its opening day yesterday.

Billboard Japan announced the winners of "Billboard JAPAN Music Awards 2012" yesterday. Nana Mizuki, probably the most popular and famous anime singer/voice actress in Japan now, was chosen for "Animation Artist of the Year" in the Artist Awards s...

On December 15th, Billboad Japan announced the winners of their “Billboard JAPAN Music Awards 2012. ” Billboard JAPAN established this award festival back in 2009. There are two sections for the awards; “Artist Awards” which nominates artists who ...

For many people, anime is an escape from reality. Even anime that take place in our world allow viewers to picture what the people and places around them might look like in a beautiful, stylized parallel dimension.

You can do a lot of neat things with a smartphone: browse the web, read comics, heck, even watch anime right here on Crunchyroll! And in 2013, thanks to Japan, you’ll be able to add a new essential task to that list.

On Christma Day, 2010, an anonymous donor left ten 30,000 yen ($360) randoseru backpacks outside a Japanese orphanage in Gunma Prefecture. Attached to the bags was a card signed by Naoto Date, the secret identity of fictional Japanese wrestler Tig...

It seems that the annual Snow Miku festival at Sapporo, Japan has begun as various pics and design of Snow Miku 2013 is starting to appear there. Nendoroid Snow Miku: 2013 version also made her debut in form of some official photos displayed as th...

Published on December 15, 2012, by KarbyP - Posted in Anime, News The new project will be entitled Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kaku (ひぐらしのなく頃に 拡), and its plot based on Higurashi Outbreak (ひぐらしアウトブレーク), a short story from series author Ryukishi07 th...

Published on December 15, 2012, by KarbyP - Posted in Figures, News, Vocaloid Pre-order the Hatsune Miku 2. 0 Nendoroid directly from Good Smile Company’s online shop, or at Good Smile & Karaoke no Tetsujin Cafe physical store in Akihabara, and yo...

This year’s EOY event was at Marina Barrage and it was only on Sunday the 9th of December. The organizers were so good to arrange a shuttle bus service at the bus stop near the Marina Bay MRT station. The timing wasn’t exactly stated but if you wa...

As the plot in TV anime series Sword Art Online reaches its apex with episodes 24 and 25 this week and the next, respectively, character goods retail chain Animate is putting together one last hurrah for the 2012 hit show: beginning December 20, a...

When you purchase cotton candy, it’s usually chaotically twirled around a paper cone or haphazardly shoved into a plastic bag with a clown face printed on the front. But these cotton candy flowers from China are almost too beautiful to eat and y...

Ayumi Kinoshita, best known for her role as Marika "Jasmine" Reimon aka DekaYellow in Special Police Dekaranger and Aki Izayoi in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's just got married to one lucky 38-year-old designer running a clothing company.

Many Japanese people take pride in their home prefectures, and they have much to be proud about: each one of the country’s 47 administrative divisions has its own unique character, regional specialties, and even average breast cup size.